2012 Olympics: Closing Ceremony Thread

[5DOM]

PELE!

[Point forward]

Is Pelé eligible to play soccer in 2016 as one of the three "older players"? 8)

[Point forward]

Rogge: "These were happy and glorious games."

And now, Rogge ends the games and commands the extinguishment of the flame

[G R E Y]

So long, London Well done

[Point forward]

Take That?!

[suckfish]

Damn. Glad I made the most of it.

[5DOM]

Surely Relight My Fire would be more popular?

Haha

[5DOM]

Much respect to Gary Barlow

[Rasho Brezec]

[Point forward]

See you again in 2016, Summer Olympic flame.

[suckfish]

:(

See you again in 2016, Summer Olympic flame.

Just thought of how old I'll be by the time Rio arrives.

[suckfish]

Is this thing gonna end? Need to go to bed..

[Pharmcat]

:(

See you again in 2016, Summer Olympic flame.

Just thought of how old I'll be by the time Rio arrives.

tell me bout it

these games were a success and the host city put on a great show

[gamer4Life]

The Olympics are coming to a close in a few days so I just wanted to say thank you for coming to this forum and taking part in the discussions.

In two weeks with just a bit of simple promotion you guys have really transformed this forum. Only four of the Olympic threads went unused this year which is really impressive.

I hope you have enjoyed the Olympics and I hope chatting here has added to that enjoyment in some way.

If we can do anything to make this forum better for future games please let us know.

Thanks again.

- Oz

Put it sticky on every forum, or put a link within the website menu.

[Los Manos]

That was a really great send-off. Well apart from George Michael's shameless self-promotion and Annie Lennox on a boat for no reason! The rest of the 3 hours was excellent. And boy does Emeli Sande have a powerful and emotive voice.

Really glad I used the BBC feed that had no commentary or interruptions. Got to watch the proper stadium experience, I wish Id done the same fr the opening ceremony. It's productions like this that are only made worse by the non-stop drivel spewing out of the mouths of tv presenters.

So long Olympics, I really hope we see you in London again in my lifetime.

[Los Manos]

Heard this song enough this week. The PA had the basketball arena sing this like 20 times a day. No exaggeration.

I thought the same - why the hell was the MC constantly using that to unify and liven up a crowd several times a game?! bizarre. It always seemed to me the only people in the crowd who even knew the words were the Brits and thankfully for the basketball there were always great international crowds.

[DaveMeyers]

Just watching it now, pretty good so far. I'm watching Stomp perform, so I still have a little while to go. Quite a reward for One Direction to perform being as they are just a fad. I'll look back at that one with a chuckle.

[DaveMeyers]

All done now. Depressed because it's all over and because I could've experienced this incredible event while I was still young had Chicago won the Olympic bid for 2016. London did a fantastic job hosting and I hope to visit that Olympic stadium in my lifetime. Great conversation on this board too. Start the countdown clock for Rio.

[Pharmcat]

that was fun to watch

till next time folks

[Mr_Perfect]

I hate waiting 4 years.

I love the Olympics. I can't get enough of them. Greatest sporting event in the world.